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  2. Eleanor of Aquitaine - Wikipedia

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    France, Aquitaine and Poitiers in 1154 with the expansion of the Plantagenet lands. Eleanor's life can be considered as consisting of five distinct phases. Her early life extending to adolescence (1124–1137), marriage to Louis VII and Queen of France (1137–1152), marriage to Henry II and Queen of England (1152–1173), imprisonment to Henry's death (1173–1189) and as a widow until her ...

  3. Grandmother of Europe - Wikipedia

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    [1] Éléonore Desmier d'Olbreuse (1639–1722) the was the wife of George William, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, and the maternal grandmother of George II of Great Britain. [further explanation needed] Elizabeth Charlotte, Madame Palatine (1652-1722), was the second wife of Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (younger brother of Louis XIV of France).

  4. Eleanor, Countess of Vermandois - Wikipedia

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    Eleanor was the daughter of Ralph I, Count of Vermandois, and his second wife, Petronilla of Aquitaine. [1] Eleanor was the youngest of three children from his second marriage. [1] Eleanor's two siblings were Ralph II, Count of Vermandois and Elisabeth, Countess of Vermandois. She had an older half-brother from her father's first marriage: Hugh ...

  5. Eleanor - Wikipedia

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    Eleanor (/ ˈ ɛ l ə n ər,-n ɔːr /) is a feminine given name, originally from an Old French adaptation of the Old Provençal name Aliénor.It was the name of a number of women of royalty and nobility in western Europe during the High Middle Ages.

  6. France–Vietnam relations - Wikipedia

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    Various traders would visit Vietnam during the 18th century, until the major involvement of French forces under Pigneau de Béhaine from 1787 to 1789 helped establish the Nguyễn dynasty. France was heavily involved in Vietnam in the 19th century under the pretext of protecting the work of Catholic missionaries in the country.

  7. Eleanor of Austria - Wikipedia

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    Eleanor of Austria (15 November 1498 – 25 February 1558), also called Eleanor of Castile, was born an Archduchess of Austria and Infanta of Castile from the House of Habsburg, and subsequently became Queen consort of Portugal (1518–1521) and of France (1530–1547).

  8. Vietnam National Museum of History - Wikipedia

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    Front entrance. The Vietnam National Museum of History (Vietnamese: Viện Bảo tàng Lịch sử Việt Nam) is in the Hoan Kiem district of Hanoi, Vietnam.The museum building was an archaeological research institution of the French School of the Far East under French colonial rule (Louis Finot École Française d'Extrême-Orient EFEO) of 1910, was extensively refurbished in 1920.

  9. List of dramas broadcast by Vietnam Television (VTV) - Wikipedia

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    Starting in 2003, ' The Most Beloved Vietnam Television Dramas' Voting Contest (Vietnamese: Cuộc thi bình chọn phim truyền hình Việt Nam được yêu thích nhất) is held annually or biennially by VTV Television Magazine to honor Vietnamese television dramas broadcast during the year(s) on two channels VTV1-VTV3.